TURKEY: Court Bans Cyanide Gold Process Near Ancient Townby Jon Gorvett, Environment News ServiceJanuary 16th, 2001Despite an order from the country's Supreme Court backing up environmentalists, the pressure is mounting this week for the reopening of a controversial mine in one of Turkey's most visited tourist areas.

US: It's Not Easy Being Greenby Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon.comDecember 7th, 2000The truth is, even policymakers, social scientists, environmentalists and engineers don't really know for sure. Researchers are only now beginning to study what e-commerce means for the Earth.

US: Sony Corporation Tracks Environmental Organizationsby Danielle Knight, Inter Press ServiceSeptember 15th, 2000A leaked document written by Sony Corporation, obtained by IPS, outlines a presentation made in July to fellow electronics companies at a conference in Brussels illustrating the various activities of environmental groups. It names specific US activists who seek to regulate waste caused by the electronics industry.

TURKEY: Dam Will Destroy Kurdish Culture, Say CriticsBloombergAugust 16th, 2000A Kurdish human rights lawyer is spearheading an international campaign to block the Turkish government's efforts to build a dam he says will dislodge thousands of Kurds and destroy archeological artifacts.

PERU: Mercury from Gold Mine Dumped in TransitEnvironment News ServiceJune 16th, 2000Eight people have been hospitalized including a woman in critical condition following a mercury spill near the Minera Yanacocha mine, 600 kilometers (375 miles) north of Lima, Peru.

SRI LANKA: Massive Protest Against US Mining ProjectInter Press ServiceMarch 30th, 2000Scientists, trade unionists and priests joined farmers from a northeast Sri Lanka village on Thursday in a massive protest in the capital against government plans to hand over phosphate mines to a US-based transnational company (TNC).

ZAMBIA: Environmentalists Caution New Mine InvestorsThe Times of Zambia (Lusaka)March 6th, 2000A non-governmental organisation has cautioned the new mine investors not to willfully pollute the environment despite a bill which indemnifies them from litigation against environmental degradation. Citizens for a better environment, a Kitwe based NGO, warned that should the new mines violate the rights of the people to a clean environment, they would face the wrath of the public.

JAPAN: People Power Overcomes Nuclear Powerby Jonathan Watts, The Guardian (UK)February 23rd, 2000Japan's nuclear power industry suffered a historic defeat yesterday when one of the country's biggest utilities was forced to scrap plans for a power plant that it has been trying to build for 37 years.

Shintech Environmental RacismLousiana Environmental Action Network and Greenpeace USASeptember 1st, 1999In September 1998, the environmental justice movement in the US had a very important victory against a major corporation, Shintech, a subsidiary of Shin-etsu Chemical of Japan.

Bordering Injusticeby Traci Griggs and Martha Valds, La JornadaDecember 9th, 1998Non-profit environmental justice groups such as the San Diego-based Environmental Health Coalition (EHC), are trying to remove the rose colored glasses and expose the harsh reality of the U.S/Mexico border in an attempt to protect public and environmental health. EHC's battle against an abandoned maquiladora turned toxic dump, serves as a microcosm of what's wrong with border health and how NAFTA, for the most part, has exacerbated the problem.

A Movement Blossoms: Cross-Border Activism Picks Up Speedby Kent Paterson, BorderlinesOctober 20th, 1998In October 1998, after years of protest by an unprecedented bi-national coalition, the proposed Sierra Blanca nuclear waste dump was defeated. The proposed site for the commercial nuclear waste dump was just 16 miles from the Texas-Mexico border.

The Mexican Version of Pulpwood Plantationsby Alejandro Villamar, World Rainforest Movement BulletinAugust 1st, 1998In response to pressure from the maquiladora industry, the Mexican government is now paving the way for the large-scale pulpwood plantations in order to provide industry with raw material to produce cheap pulp and paper.